LIBYA: U.S. fighter jet crashes near rebel-held Benghazi

Record ID: 644166

  • Title: LIBYA: U.S. fighter jet crashes near rebel-held Benghazi
  • Date: 23rd March 2011
  • Summary: NEAR BENGHAZI, LIBYA (MARCH 22, 2011) (REUTERS) PEOPLE WALKING AROUND CRASH SITE IN FIELD VARIOUS OF WRECKAGE OF CRASHED U.S. FIGHTER JET / MEN WALKING AROUND AND TAKING IMAGES VARIOUS OF BURNT OUT JET (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) UNIDENTIFIED MAN, SAYING: "We saw this plane roaming around the area of Abyar (phonetic) at around 1:00AM. We heard an explosion later on. Another plane was roaming around it after it had exploded. At first we thought that it was a rocket but then when it crashed we came to know that it was a plane." VARIOUS MORE OF WRECKAGE
  • Embargoed: 7th April 2011 13:00
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  • Location: Libya
  • Country: Libya
  • Topics: International Relations,Disasters / Accidents / Natural catastrophes
  • Reuters ID: LVAEPZNHIBIEB10AAXT7VM3NTCLU
  • Story Text: Local Libyans inspect the charred wreckage of a U.S. Air Force F-15E fighter jet that crashed in Libya overnight.
    A U.S. Air Force F-15E fighter jet crashed in Libya overnight after apparent mechanical failure but its crew were safe, a spokesman for the U.S. military Africa Command said on Tuesday (March 22).
    Libyan rebels rescued the pilot after he ejected from the warplane which came down near the eastern city of Benghazi, Britain's Daily Telegraph newspaper reported on its website.
    U.S. spokesman Vince Crawley declined to give the location of the crash and also would not say how the rescued crewman was picked up or where he was taken.
    Another spokesman for the Stuttgart-based Africa Command said later that the second crewman had also been safely rescued, and that both crewmembers had suffered only minor injuries after ejecting from the aircraft.
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